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746081

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many infrastructure related incidents have occurred on the East Coast Main Line during the last six months which have led to passenger trains being delayed by more than 60 minutes; and what finance is being made available to Network Rail to address those incidents during Control Period 5 and Control Period 6.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested regarding the number of infrastructure related incidents on the East Coast Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>In Control Period 5, Network Rail plan to spend £3 billion (in 2012-13 prices) on maintaining and renewing the London and North East Route, which includes the East Coast Main Line. The planned spend for Control Period 6 will be finalised later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/07/2017 15:41:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

746141

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central government investment Southampton has received to upgrade its cycling network in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	1805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, local authorities have benefited from funding for sustainable transport initiatives, including cycling and walking, through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and its successors the Sustainable Travel Transition Year and Access Fund. Details of the areas where DfT funding has been allocated can be found at: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Southampton received £4.947m from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund between 2011 and 2016 for a range of measures to reduce carbon which included walking and cycling initiatives, and will receive a further £2.3m from the Access Fund between 2017 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Southampton Central station benefited from a £150,000 cycle-rail grant in 2012/13, and the Department has funded around £220,000 worth of Bikeability cycle training in Southampton over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Southampton has also received funding over the last five years through the Government’s Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport Block. As this funding is not ring-fenced, however, the Department does not hold data on how much of it may have been spent on cycling networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:20:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

746164

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M62
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for completion of roadworks and lane closures on the M62 between Hull and Manchester.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	1696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is upgrading the M62 between Leeds and Manchester to a 4 lane smart motorway to reduce congestion and improve journeys. This is part of the current £15 billion investment in England’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads. The section from Junctions 18 to 20 is expected to complete later this year. Work on the Junctions 20 to 25 section is anticipated to start in 2019/20. As with any road, essential maintenance and repair work is also required from time to time.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England works hard to minimise the impact of major upgrades and maintenance on road users by carrying out work at night, or using narrow lanes to maintain the same capacity through roadworks, wherever it can.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 13:51:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

746170

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a consumer satisfaction threshold for rail franchises; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	1649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department is committed to driving improvements in the passenger’s experience. That is why we are including challenging customer satisfaction targets in Franchise Agreements which are based on the results of the National Rail Passenger Survey. Where the targets are not met, train companies are required to make financial investments to make sure that passengers get the standards of service that they rightly deserve. We are also continuing to review our policies in this area to ensure that passengers are placed at the heart of our franchise objectives and incentives.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/07/2017 14:52:31 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

746186

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the British Transport Police publishes in full all information relating to its staffing levels in its operations (a) in London as funded by Transport for London and (b) elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) publishes information on the staffing levels in the British Transport Police (BTP) in its annual Policing Plan, the most recent one of which is available at <a href="http://btpa.police.uk/publications/policing-plans/" target="_blank">http://btpa.police.uk/publications/policing-plans/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that the BTP will be responding to a recent FOI request with information on its staffing levels in London (as funded by Transport for London) and elsewhere later this month. It is BTP’s practice to publish the responses to FOI requests on the force website at the following link: <a href="http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/your_right_to_information/publication_scheme/disclosure_log.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/your_right_to_information/publication_scheme/disclosure_log.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 16:24:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746187

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's next periodic survey of seatbelt and mobile telephone use by motorists (a) covers London in its survey sample and (b) takes account of taxi and private hire vehicles and their use of cradled mobile telephones.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s survey of hand-held mobile phone use and seat belt compliance has been designed primarily to produce national rather than regional estimates for Great Britain. A new survey for 2017 is currently being procured, which includes options to allow extra surveys to be commissioned for specific areas, including by Transport for London to secure London level data.</p><p>The survey will record data about taxi and private hire vehicles; however, no currently tested methodology enables information to be gathered about the use of cradled mobile telephones using roadside observation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:27:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746214

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the UK to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 185 on seafarers' identity documents; and what recent steps he has taken towards obtaining ratification.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	1612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has always been supportive of the Convention but in line with a number of other States preferred alignment with the International Civil Aviation Organizations Standards for Travel Documents (ICAO 9303) as this provided for a more secure document.</p><p> </p><p>The UK was a key State in pushing through the amendments that were formally adopted in 2016 that finally aligned the Convention with ICAO 9303. There are now a number of technical and practical issues that the UK needs to resolve and that we are actively working on. Providing these can be suitably addressed we can then consider ratification.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/07/2017 16:16:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

746235

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which sea ports use (a) Windows XP and (b) earlier versions of Windows for any of their operating systems.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	1765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK port industry is operated almost entirely within the private sector. The nature and capability of information technology in use by ports is therefore a commercial and operational matter for individual port operators or groups. Use of legacy operating systems does not in itself result in cyber vulnerabilities, providing appropriate controls are in place. The Department for Transport has an active cyber security programme, working in partnership with the NCSC and closely with the maritime industry to ensure that operators take an appropriate and proportionate approach to managing their cyber security risks and that they are supported with advice on mitigating any identified vulnerabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/07/2017 16:53:55 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

746239

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Traffic Control: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the airports which use (a) Windows XP and (b) earlier versions of Windows on any aspect of their air traffic control systems.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	1760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK aviation industry is operated almost entirely within the private sector. The nature and capability of information technology in use at airports is therefore a commercial and operational matter for individual airport operators, groups and air navigation service providers. Use of legacy operating systems does not in itself result in cyber vulnerabilities, providing appropriate controls are in place. The Department for Transport has an active cyber security programme, working in partnership with the NCSC and closely with the aviation industry to ensure that operators take an appropriate and proportionate approach to managing their cyber security risks and that they are supported with advice on mitigating any identified vulnerabilities.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/07/2017 16:55:09 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

746306

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Selby-Hull Railway Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Transport for the North ahead of his Department's proposals to electrify the Hull-to-Selby railway line.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	1770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to electrify the line. The Government intends later this year to set out its priorities for investment in train services and infrastructure in the next Control Period from 2019. This will be informed by advice from the rail industry, Transport for the North and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every part of Britain benefits from our investment in the railways. Improvements in rail services can be delivered by new trains, electrification or other infrastructure improvements – and passengers on the Hull to Selby railway line will benefit from new trains. The Government keeps under close review what options will ensure the maximum value to taxpayers, passengers and freight users.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/07/2017 15:08:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson